disfigure

verbdis·fig·ure\dis-ˈfi-gyər\

dis·fig·ureddis·fig·ur·ing

Definition of DISFIGURE for Kids

: to spoil the looks of

Word Root of DISFIGURE

The Latin word fingere, meaning “to shape” or “to mold,” and its form fictus give us the roots fig and fict. Words from the Latin fingere have something to do with shaping. The figure of something, especially a person's body, is its shape. To disfigure is to change the shape and ruin the looks of something. Fiction is something written that is not fact but is shaped by the imagination.